PulseSeptember 18, 2026
Streaming week: Twitch down 33%, YouTube up 30%
The three platforms gathered 455.9M hours watched in the week of 7 Sep – 13 Sep. Twitch 201.2Mh, Kick 129.4Mh, YouTube 125.3Mh
Twitch holds 44% of all hours watched across the three platforms this week.
The three together gathered 455.9M hours from 1,446,229 channels.
The highest single moment was on YouTube: 333K viewers at once.
| Platform | Hours watched | Peak viewers | Channels live | Week over week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twitch | 201,162,312 | 138,969 | 1,354,752 | -33% |
| Kick | 129,376,415 | 189,500 | 81,793 | -4% |
| YouTube | 125,327,717 | 332,643 | 9,684 | +30% |
Hours watched is the sum of viewers over the time each channel was live. Average viewers is weighted by airtime, so ten minutes at ten thousand does not outweigh an hour at one thousand.